Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday took his oath of office a day after being re-elected in a snap general election. Tsipras took a civil oath ...
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How the world sees Greece
Monday, September 21, 2015
GREECE'S Tsipras lauds 'clear mandate' amid vow to 'soften' austerity
GREECE: will Tsipras election victory spell end of crisis?
Markets may be calmer – and Bloomberg View columnist Mark Whitehouse notes that capital is returning to GREECE – but analysts say that the hard ...
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EU in new 'Grexit' chaos? Brussels questions 'bizarre' GREECE election result
THE European Union's top politician today questioned the “strange” and “bizarre” make-up of GREECE'S new government, indicating another flare-up in ...
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Voters Give Alexis Tsipras Another Chance to Fix GREECE
Greeks voted Alexis Tsipras and the leftist Syriza party to power once again on Sunday, a few weeks after the prime minister called a snap election, ...
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Syrian refugee carries his puppy 300 miles to safety in GREECE
A 17-year-old Syrian refugee brought his puppy all the way to GREECE, a video shared Saturday by the UN Refugee Agency shows. The boy and his ...
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GREECE'S new government 'doomed to fail' over flawed bail-out
Investors cheered the return of Alexis Tsipras as GREECE'S new prime minister despite concerns that the new government was doomed to fail in its bid ...
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Groundhog day in GREECE
Last Sunday, after all of Alexis Tsipras's trials and tribulations of the past nine months, GREECE returned Mr. Tsipras to office with a government of very ...
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Syriza Couldn't End Austerity in GREECE-Here's Why Voters Re-Elected Them Anyway
Alexis Tsipras's Syriza came to power in January promising to end austerity and tear up the memorandum of measures imposed by GREECE'S creditors.
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Tsipras, Kammenos: Greece's 'odd couple' do it again
It was 'deja vu' for Greeks when radical premier-elect Alexis Tsipras, darling of the European left, on election victory night announced a new coalition government with odd bed-fellow, nationalist rightwinger Panos Kammenos.
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Golden Dawn Doubles Vote Share on GREEK Island of Kos
Greece' s Nazi-inspired, anti-immigration party saw a strong showing in this weekend's national election — especially on one island struggling to cope ...
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Greece Under Leftists: What’s Next For Bailout
Alexis Tsipras may be back in the driver’s seat as Greece staggers forward from Sunday’s election, but his new coalition – with his leftist ...
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Alexis Tsipras Inaugurated as Greek Prime Minister for the Second Time in Eight Months
SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras swore a political oath on Monday evening, to become Greece’s Prime Minister just 30 days after abdicating his post. Tsipras was sworn in as prime minister in a short ceremony at the Presidential Palace. Earlier in the day Tsipras met with Hellenic Republic President Prokopis Pavlopoulos to officially receive a mandate to form
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Bank of Greece: Surplus in the Greek Budget from January – August 2015
The Greek state budget showed a primary surplus of 3.06 billion euros in the January through August period, from 2.3 billion in the same period last year, the Bank of Greece said on Monday. The central bank, in a report on the country’s budget on a cash basis, said that the state budget deficit shrank
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Tourism from Turkey to Lesvos, Greece Declining Due to Migrant Influx
Only about 1,000 Turkish tourists out of an originally estimated 4,000 will visit the island of Lesvos on September 23rd to 27th, which marks the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, because of the situation caused by the arrival of refugees during the last few months, the owner of a local travel agency told ANA-MPA on
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Greece’s Saga Is Far From Over
Greece’s Saga Is Far From Over The country suffers from a dearth of politicians who could implement crucial supply-side reforms.
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Tsipras sworn in as Greece’s Prime Minister for the second time in 9 months
That was quick. Twenty-four hours after the ballot boxes closed, Alexis Tsipras was sworn in as Prime Minister of Greece. The ceremony took place at the Presidential Mansion. As usual his oath was political and not religious. Prime Minister Tsipras, President Pavlopoulos Then the old, new PM walked to PM’s […]
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Syrian family risk the lives of twin babies to make journey to Lesbos
The babies arrived on Eftalou beach on the Greek island of Lesbos today in a rubber dinghy after crossing the Aegan Sea from Turkey with their parents after they fled from Syria.
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Tsipras’s long-shot chance to achieve reform
The Greek election has given its prime minister a fresh mandate
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Tsipras says Greeks want stability, Greeks say they want reform
The leftist Syriza's Party's election victory sends a clear message to Europe, a euphoric Alexis Tsipras told journalists. Greeks are interested in a…
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Alexis Tsipras sworn in as prime minister of Greece
Left-wing leader Alexis Tsipras has been sworn in as prime minister of Greece after his Syriza party beat its conservative rivals in Sunday's…
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New Greek parliament bailout battle must be swift
Alexis Tsipras has renewed his mandate as leader of Greece's left-wing coalition SYRIZA party and Prime Minister for the next four years, without a…
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The Guardian view on the Greek election: only the end of the beginning
Now the real challenge begins for Alexis Tsipras, Greece’s charismatic young prime minister Alexis Tsipras’s victory in Greece’s fifth election in six years has positive implications not only for Greece’s democracy, but for Europe at large. His Syriza party’s comfortable seven-point lead over the right’s New Democracy party came as a surprise after polls had placed the parties neck and neck. Few had bet that a party that came to power only eight months ago on a loud promise to end austerity would be comfortably re-elected once voters knew that more, not less austerity, was on the way. No less mind-boggling is that this result came just two months after a referendum in which 61% of Greeks rejected the EU’s bailout deal. But a clue to Mr Tsipras’s success is surely to be found in the way he managed to convince Greeks that their national self-respect had been restored. Some may also be hoping that the bitter economic medicine that looms will be diluted, a hope that EU creditors are likely to discourage. Whatever acceptance of austerity may have filtered down, Greeks have apparently decided that, if cuts in public spending are inevitable, they would rather see them implemented by someone who fought them hard, rather than by those traditional parties whose past resistance lacked Mr Tsipras’s bravado. Continue reading...
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EU Pushes Tsipras On Reforms
Greek Premier Alexis Tsipras is already being pushed by international lenders to stick to reforms he agreed to in his previous administration. The post EU Pushes Tsipras On Reforms appeared first on The National Herald.
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EU eyes bigger role at Greece’s borders to manage refugee ...
Greece’s newly re-elected government will come under intense pressure on Wednesday to request wide-ranging EU aid to manage a massive influx of refugees, a move ...
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Greek election: Right-wing nationalists hit back at EU after Brussels questions 'bizarre' Greek coalition
… leader Panos Kammenos. Greece's Kammenos Says Greek Cabinet Will Be … the elections in Greece yesterday: http://t.co/DsGSG4ZALX. #GreekElections— Donald Tusk … than the formerly dominant Socialists (Pasok). But, with voter turnout at …
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Greek election: Alexis Tsipras defied polls but widespread malaise remains
Alexis Tsipras's political demise been predicted so many times - only to be proven false - that you could start calling the charismatic Greek leader whose party won a decisive victory in Sunday's general elections the comeback kid, the CBC's Margaret Evans writes.
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EU leaders hope Tsipras will deliver
For the third time this year, Alexis Tsipras has won a major election in his country. Despite a high number of abstentions and a strong bailout plan on track, Greek citizen still believe the far-left Syriza party is the best choice for their country. Meanwhile, EU leaders urged Tsipras to implement the last reform programme […]
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Greece's Tsipras: bailout rebel to bailout enforcer ...
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greeks have elected Alexis Tsipras prime minister for the second time this year but with a strikingly different mandate: Instead of ...
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Greece's Tsipras says EU has not aided migrant reception states
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Monday all European states needed to pull their weight to deal with a growing migrant crisis, calling on better assistance from the European Union to countries taking in the biggest influx. "Greece is a first reception country, and Europe has unfortunately not taken steps to protect reception countries from a (migration) wave which has taken on uncontrolled dimensions," he said as he assumed his duties from Vassiliki Thanou, the country's caretaker prime minister for the past month. "There is a need ...that Europe deal with a global, a European problem and share the responsibility among all member states," Tsipras said.
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The EU’s woeful response to the refugee crisis has revived Golden Dawn
The gains of the Greek neo-Nazi party in the recent election are emblematic of how the far-right across Europe is exploiting the deficit of leadership on this issue In the port town of Mytilene, the weight of the refugee crisis faced by Lesbos and other Greek islands becomes painfully obvious. Despite the fact that only about 5,000 people remain (out of the 20,000 who were stuck here in previous weeks), there’s hardly an inch of public space in which tired bodies escaping war and poverty aren’t present under the scorching sun. Taking advantage of the visibility and scale of the problem, Lesbos became one of the main targets for the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, as it sought to strengthen its influence in the run up to yesterday’s elections. Unfortunately, it seems that it has worked. Related: The lenders are the real winners in Greece – Alexis Tsipras has been set up to fail | Yanis Varoufakis Continue reading...
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Tsipras' left-wing party wins Greek elections, preps for ...
Alexis Tsipras received the formal mandate Monday to form a government for the second time this year, after his left-wing Syriza party won Greece's early ...
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Alexis Tsipras sworn in as Greek PM
ATHENS, September 21. /TASS/. The leader of Greek Coalition of the Radical Left, SYRIZA, Alexis Tsipras has took an oath in the Presidential Palace as the country’s prime minister on Monday.
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New Greek Government: The Names of the Cabinet’s Potential Members
The second SYRIZA-ANEL coalition government will soon be official. With the new Greek government expected to be announced tomorrow, a few specific names that are considered favorites for certain positions in the new cabinet, have been circulating during the past few hours, according to the Greek media. Though the anticipated coalition may consist of the same
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‘Navarino Challenge’ Event Is a Great Success For 3rd Consecutive Year
More than 1,000 athletes from Greece, Cyprus, England, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Switzerland and USA, along with sports fans of all ages travelled to Costa Navarino in Messinia to try various activities, such as basketball, boccia, climbing, cycling, kickboxing, pilates, running, swimming, and taekwondo, on the occasion of the top sports and social event the “Navarino Challenge,” that
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Greek PM Tsipras takes oath of office: TV
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Monday took his oath of office a day after being re-elected in a snap general election.
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Greece’s Pollsters Epic Fail: Darling, it’s not what you think it is…
Sunday’s elections were an Epic Fail for Greek polling companies. They failed to predict the clear victory of left-wing SYRIZA. Still during the last week, their prediction was up to a neck and neck race between left-wing SYRIZA and right-wing New Democracy. Some of them, even “saw” a slight lead […]
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Tsipras: A second chance
Left-wing party leader Alexis Tsipras' victory in Greece's general elections was surprisingly clear. He has announced that he will continue to govern with right-wing populists ANEL as his coalition partner.
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Syriza has "clear mandate" says Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras says his party has a "clear mandate" following a second general election win in less than nine months. Greece's leftist Syriza party…
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The lenders are the real winners in Greece – Alexis Tsipras has been set up to fail
The Greek leader won on three promises the troika will make it hard for him to keep Alexis Tsipras has snatched resounding victory from the jaws of July’s humiliating surrender to the troika of Greece’s lenders. Defying opposition parties, opinion pollsters and critics within his ranks (including this writer), he held on to government with a reduced, albeit workable, majority. The question is whether he can combine remaining in office with being in power. Related: Greece election: Tsipras triumphant as Syriza returns to power The prime minister’s plan for weathering this storm is founded on three pledges Related: Greece election result: the key numbers Related: Q&A: What Syriza's victory means for Greece and the EU bailout Continue reading...
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The sad fate of Pedion Areos and the dual Greek crises
Despite Syriza's victory, there will be no respite for Alexis Tsipras as he faces the task of pushing for more reforms.
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Facebook Group Helps Migrants, Refugees Cut Through Red Tape, Enter Camps
Hungarian officials erected a wire fence along the southern border to keep out migrants and refugees, last week, but over 7,000 Hungarian citizens have volunteered to help individuals newly arrived in Budapest. A group of volunteers calling itself Migration Aid has come together through social media to offer ongoing humanitarian relief. It was founded in July as a Facebook page by Tamas Lederer, a 42-year-old university professor, and first set up in an empty storefront in the lower levels of Budapest's Keleti train station. The group has organized thousands of volunteers, with a core group of 150 people who help migrants and refugees on a daily basis, Kata Pali, a 26-year-old graduate student, told The Huffington Post in an email. As Migration Aid’s profile rose on the Internet, material donations poured in, and volunteers were able to provide food, showers and medicine, as well as games and coloring books for children. Each day on Facebook, the group lists its requested donations according to practical considerations, like raincoats and tents during bad weather or blankets when people are unable to leave the country overnight. > Posted by Migration Aid on Sunday, August 16, 2015 But the most important service they provide, says Pali, is information: the group was founded to provide all the information that individuals need in order to procure their legal papers and to help them get to refugee camps across Europe. Migration Aid has also utilized Facebook to traverse the language barrier and attract translators who speak Pashto, Farsi and Arabic. Because of its proximity to Greece, migrants and refugees have long flocked to Hungary as an entry point to the European Union, after passing through EU non-member Serbia. Their numbers peaked at the end of the summer, as more than 5,000 migrants and refugees per day came to the Greek islands, funneling over 1,000 people daily to Hungary. The situation in Budapest came to a boil when Hungary's government, which is notoriously averse to foreign migration, briefly blocked migrants from leaving for Western Europe, creating a bottleneck at Keleti train station. This was when Migration Aid stepped up its volunteer efforts. It is still primarily based in Budapest, but dozens of volunteers have now spread out along the route to Germany, providing supplies for the journey. Although Hungary declared a state of emergency and sealed its border with Serbia, Migration Aid expects to serve thousands more migrants and refugees in the coming weeks, including those coming from Romania. _To support Migration Aid, visit its Facebook page which is updated daily with suggested items that donors can order online through Tesco or G’Roby. To make a__ monetary donation to Budapest's Mikszáth Pharmacy, which provides medicine and first aid items to Migration Aid, see this post._ _RELATED ON HUFFPOST:_ -- This feed and its contents are the property of The Huffington Post, and use is subject to our terms. It may be used for personal consumption, but may not be distributed on a website.
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Greek yields fall after Syriza win; Spain, Portugal ...
Greek bond yields fell on Mondayafter Syriza's unexpectedly clear election win reassuredinvestors the country's bailout would happen, though ...
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Syriza's Greek victory a mixed blessing for European left
By Paul Taylor BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Leftist Alexis Tsipras's re-election as Greek prime minister carries a mixed message for Europe's battered centre-left and for anti-capitalist radicals hoping to overturn the continent's austere economic orthodoxy. Seven years of financial crisis and euro zone debt woes have mostly benefited the centre-right in the European Union, along with anti-EU populists. Conservative governments in Spain, Portugal and Ireland, facing elections in the coming months after implementing tough EU/IMF bailout terms, may take comfort from the fact that it is possible to drink the poison and survive politically.
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Greeks Switch to Bartering Because There’s Not Enough Currency
Got beef? Get a new truck
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Justin Bieber Spotted In Greece Finishing New Album, Then ...
Justin Bieber was spotted in Greece over the weekend putting finishing touches on his anticipated new album. Iceland was next on the globe-trotting superstar’s ...
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Bitcoin entrepreneurs see their opportunity in the damaged ...
The purpose of the ATMs: bypassing the strict financial laws known as "capital controls" that restrict the flow of money to go outside Greece.
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Tsipras wins: Next 100 days key to Greece's fate
From Yahoo Finance: After the poorest voter turnout since World War II, the new prime minster has 100 days to implement austerity measures for Greece. Can he succeed?
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Refugee crisis is shot-in-the-arm for Greece's neo-Nazis
Greece's neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party lost some overall support in Sunday's general election while picking up extra votes on eastern Aegean islands Lesbos and Kos, where massive refugee arrivals have at times riled locals.
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Greece's Tsipras to be sworn in as prime minister at 6 pm
ATHENS (Reuters) - Greek leftist leader Alexis Tsipras will be sworn is as the country's prime minister at 1700 GMT (6 p.m. BST) on Monday, President Prokopis Pavlopoulos said. Tsipras won Sunday's election with about 35 percent of the vote and is expected to ally with the right-wing Independent Greeks, his coalition partner in the previous government. (Reporting by Lefteris Papadimas; Writing by Karolina Tagaris)
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EU Tells New Prime Minister that Greece has ‘No Time to Lose’ on Reforms
The European Commission on Monday congratulated Alexis Tsipras on his electoral victory and said Greece has “no time to lose” in implementing the reforms required by its bailout program. “The commission congratulates Alexis Tsipras for his victory,” European Commission spokesman Margaritis Schinas told reporters. Schinas said that under Tsipras’ previous leadership, Greece already “committed to an
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